Minireview: From anorexia to obesity - The Yin and Yang of body weight control

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3749-3756

  Zigman, Jeffrey M ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; EATING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; EATING; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES;

EID: 0043030280     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0241     Document Type: Short Survey

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